759  
WGUS43 KLSX 090305  
FLWLSX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO  
1005 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS MO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN ILLINOIS...MISSOURI...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEL PRICE LD.  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HERCULANEUM.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS ARE BASED ON OBSERVED PRECIPITATION AND FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
RAINFALL HEAVIER THAN FORECAST COULD CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE EVEN  
HIGHER THAN PREDICTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL MONITOR  
THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION AND ISSUE FOLLOW UP STATEMENTS AS  
CONDITIONS CHANGE.  
 
THIS PRODUCT, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL WEATHER AND STREAM INFORMATION,  
IS AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV/WFO/LSX  
 

 
 
ILC119-MOC183-101515-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0066.240509T2100Z-240514T1400Z/  
/ALNI2.1.ER.240509T2100Z.240511T1800Z.240513T0800Z.NO/  
1005 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MEL PRICE LD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.7 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW AFTERNOON TO A CREST OF 22.3 FEET EARLY SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 21.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE FRI SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
MEL PRICE LD 21.0 20.7 21.5 22.2 22.0 20.8 19.8  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3888 9015 3887 9009 3883 9004 3881 9017  
3884 9018  
 

 
 
ILC133-MOC099-101515-  
/O.NEW.KLSX.FL.W.0067.240510T1330Z-240514T0500Z/  
/HRCM7.1.ER.240510T1330Z.240511T1800Z.240512T2230Z.UU/  
1005 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR HERCULANEUM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:30 PM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 24.9 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 27.0 FEET EARLY SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 26.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7:00 AM)  
LOCATION STG STAGE FRI SAT SUN MON TUE  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
HERCULANEUM 26.0 24.9 25.9 26.9 26.5 25.2 23.6  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3839 9026 3826 9030 3817 9021 3800 8995  
3795 9005 3821 9042 3839 9037  
 

 
 
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